Faith (You know, the SPN ep) - Now with ETA

You know? The thought of doing a write-up on "Faith" exhausts me even more than "Scarecrow." There's so much chewy goodness in it, especially looking back at it from S4. But there was, the first time I saw it, much conflict on my part. So let's get the simple things out of the way first.

First? Dean-peril. And some mighty fine peril at that. Plus Sam doing whatever it takes to get Dean cured. Plus Sam's faith.

Also? This is Dean's first coronary incident. For those of you who enjoy counting along with me.

Also also? Smart!Dean!!!! \o/ Apparently, Dean is the resident expert on Reaper lore, which is so totally awesome in my book that he gets to explain something to Sam (which is fairly common in the S1), and that he's "been a hunter long enough to trust a feeling like this." Meaning the cold, wrong feeling he had when he was cured.

And for the record? The Reaper guy looks like the "The Man" from Carnival of Souls. Very similar figure of Death.

Also x3 (and what really turned me around on this ep)? Layla's line about "If you're going to have faith, you can't just have it when the miracles happen. You have to have it when they don't." \o/ \o/ \o/

(Plus Sam's admonition to Sue Ann, "He's not your God." But I'll get to that later.)

( And now for the rambly stuff )